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Definition of Black stork

1. Noun. Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Stork

Literary usage of Black stork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"THE black stork resembles the White in form and proportions, but is somewhat smaller in size; and the hue of its plumage, as might be gathered from the ..."

2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1855)
"THE black stork is found in greater or less numbers in various countries of Europe, being not uncommon in Switzerland and some parts of Germany, ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"-.i *» CICONIA NIGRA (Linnaeus*). THE black stork. Ciconia nigra. THE first occurrence of the black stork in a wild state in this country was made known by ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Both species are very numerous in Palestine, the white stork being universally distributed, generally in pairs, over the whole country, the black stork ..."

5. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"black stork. CICONIA NIGRA, Bellon. PLATE XI •. Ciconia nigra, Ran Syn. 97. 2— Will. 211. t. ... black stork, Penn. Arct . Zool. 11. 456—Witf. ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1907)
"The black stork has a black head, neck, and back ; it winters in Palestine, and, avoiding the habitations of man, frequents the deserts and plains, ..."

7. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"THE black stork resembles the White in form and proportions, but is somewhat smaller in size; and the hue of its plumage, as might be gathered from the ..."

8. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1855)
"THE black stork is found in greater or less numbers in various countries of Europe, being not uncommon in Switzerland and some parts of Germany, ..."

9. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"-.i *» CICONIA NIGRA (Linnaeus*). THE black stork. Ciconia nigra. THE first occurrence of the black stork in a wild state in this country was made known by ..."

10. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Both species are very numerous in Palestine, the white stork being universally distributed, generally in pairs, over the whole country, the black stork ..."

11. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"black stork. CICONIA NIGRA, Bellon. PLATE XI •. Ciconia nigra, Ran Syn. 97. 2— Will. 211. t. ... black stork, Penn. Arct . Zool. 11. 456—Witf. ..."

12. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1907)
"The black stork has a black head, neck, and back ; it winters in Palestine, and, avoiding the habitations of man, frequents the deserts and plains, ..."

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